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FRANCIS J. IIAGE, SR, OF GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,129, dated February1 1, 1902. Application filedDecemher 11, 1900. Serial No.39,508. (Nomodel) To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. HAGE, Sr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Goldsboro, in the county of Wayne and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Awning, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in awnings; and the object is toprovide a portable awning having simple attaching means whereby it maybe readily put up and taken down and whereby when not needed it may beremoved from the window, so that it will not be exposed to the elements.

With the above object in view the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described, particularlypointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of an awningconstructed in accordance with my in vention; Fig. 2, aface view of thewindow-frame with the awning removed, showing the fastening devicescarried by the frame; Fig. 3,

a vertical sectional view of the same; Fig. at,

a detail View illustrating the manner of connecting the supportingu-opewith the upper end of the awning; and Fig. 5, a perspective View of theframe for the lower portion of the awning, showing the spring attachingmembers carried thereby.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A A designatescrew-eyes fixed in the window-frame,on the exterior thereof, and B ascrew-eye attached to said frame intermediately of the eyes A A.

C designates a rope which is passedthro ugh the central screw-eye andextended in opposite directions and passed through the eyes A A. Thecentral looped portion D of this rope constitutes an operating portionto raise and lower the upper end of the awning, as will be hereinafterset forth. The ends of the rope are secured to attachingmembers,

H, attached to the upper end of the awning I, as illustrated by Fig. 4of the drawings.

J designates a frame comprising three sides of a rectangle, the frontbar of said frame being provided with a series of perforations K.

The frame is positioned with its perforated. bar on the inner side of astrip of cloth I, secured to the inner side of the awning, and theperforated bar L is positioned on the outer side ofsaid strip, lacing Mbeing used to secure said frame to the strip, said lacing passingthrough the perforations of the bar L and the front bar of the frame andthrough the strip which is held therebetween. The side bars of saidframe J have secu red to them two springmetal plates N, having theirfree ends curved in opposite directions to form finger portions '0. Thespring members are formed adjacent to their curved ends withhalf-sockets I, designed to coact with each other to form a socket whenthe finger portions are pressed toward each other, said socket receivingthe shank Q, projecting from a plate R,-secured to the side of thewindow-frame and provided with a head S. Cleats T are secured to thewindow-frame to receive the central operating portion D of the rope whenthe awning has been drawn upwardly to its proper place. In operation toattach the awning the attaching devices carried by the ends of the ropeC are inserted through the eyes-at the upper end of the awningand theawning drawn upwardly and held by attaching portion D of the rope to oneof the cleats T. The frame at the lower end of the awning is thenattached to the window-frame by placing the yielding attaching membersof said frame in engagement with the shanks Q of the plates R.

The operation of removing the awning will be readily understood from theabove description, it being apparent that it may be as conveniently andquickly removed from the window as applied thereto.

Instead of detaching the awning from the window when itis no longernecessary to serve -as a protection against the rays of the sun arms Jmay be swung upwardly upon the studs Q, which to a certain extent willraise the awning, or the upper end of the awning may be lowered by therope D and the arms Jswung downwardly. The construction, however, issuch that the awning may be readily removed from the Window when its useis no longer necessaryas, for instance, in the evening.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An awning comprising a covering, a frame attached to the lower end ofthe covering, yielding attaching members carried by the ends of saidframe, coacting attaching members adapted to be secured to theWindowframe, an elevating'rope adapted to be attached to thewindow-frame, and attaching means carried by said rope to engage theupper end of the covering, and the screw-eyes through which the saidrope passes, substantially as described.

2. An awning comprising a covering, a frame secured to the lower end ofthe covering, spring-arms carried by the ends of the frame, projectionsadapted to be secured to the window-frame and to extend between saidspring-arms, an elevating-rope adapted to be carried by the window-frameand attaching means carried by said rope and adapted to engage the upperend of the covering, and the screw-eyes through which the said ropepasses, substantially as shown and described.

3. An awning comprising a covering, a frame carried by the lower end ofsaid covering, spring-arms carried by the ends of said frame andprovided with finger portions, plates adapted to be secured to thewindowframe and formed with headed projections to extend between thespring-arms, an elevatingrope adapted to be-carried by the Windowframeand attaching means-carried by said rope and adapted to engage the upperend of said covering, and the screw-eyes through which the said ropepasses, substantially as described.

FRANCIS J. I-IAGE, SR.

\Vitnesses:

JAcoB COHEN, R0121. A. CREECH.

